Richard Cockerill said Leicester's half-back pairing of Ben Youngs and Toby Flood were 'oustanding' in Tigers' 37-6 win at Bath.
Tigers boss lauds England duo after record win at the Rec
Richard Cockerill said Leicester's half-back pairing of Ben Youngs and Toby Flood were 'oustanding' in Tigers' 37-6 win at Bath.
The scoreline represented their biggest away success in the 96 years of fixtures between the two old rivals, with the England duo running the show.
Flood contributed 22 points while Youngs was a constant threat behind the scrum - Flood and England colleague Tom Croft both scoring two tries.
"I thought both of them, Toby and Ben, in terms of their attitude, were outstanding," said Leicester's director of rugby Cockerill.
"Bath are great on the front foot, but they are not that comfortable when teams run at them, and our job was to make sure we had the ball as often as we could.
"On the face of it, it is a great result for us, but we started pretty poorly and we were lucky not to concede a couple of tries early on.
"At half-time, we were a little upset because we probably hadn't played as much as we should have done, but this is a great win, but was it a great performance?"
Chances
Bath, despite suffering a crushing home defeat, remain in the play-off picture, but they now have to pick themselves up for a testing encounter away to Saracens tomorrow week.
"We played some good rugby, but Leicester took all their chances and they are certainly going to be difficult to stop," said head coach Steve Meehan.
"It was disappointing to get no points out of the game, and it does make life more difficult, but we cannot rely on other results.
"Our preparation for this game wasn't great, our training wasn't as accurate as it needs to be, but that was not the reason why we didn't finish the opportunities we created.
"Some of the players said afterwards that it was an embarrassing scoreboard from our point of view, and there is no doubt that we need to improve in most facets of our game."
